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One example. It is my personal belief is that social media is ripe for disruption in ways we have not imagined yet. Clearly centralized, ad-revenue driven psued
by javajosh 4y ago
One example. It is my personal belief is that social media is ripe for disruption in ways we have not imagined yet. Clearly centralized, ad-revenue driven psuedo-monopolies are a big problem. I actually believe there is a parallel problem with software engineering that has focused on larger piles of cloud-hosted complexity that has far outstripped the ability of anyone to hold it in their head. These two things are, I believe, deeply intertwined and so the solution will be at both levels too. Of course, I'm not the only one who sees an opportunity here. I love seeing all the ideas in this space; most of them won't work, of course, but that's the nature of experimentation.
- rchaud 4y ago> Clearly centralized, ad-revenue driven psuedo-monopolies are a big problem. Financially, it's the exact opposite of a problem; it's too profitable. There will always be big market for companies that manage to lock up an audience within its walls.
- javajosh 4y agoA big problem for society. The algorithm is bad for people's mental health, and bad for democracy. These are the externalities of that great profitability.
- csomar 4y agoI'm not sure why you got downvoted. I'm bullish on ActivityPub and the next wave of decentralization.